Oscar Voices

"Wait a minute. We only get 30 seconds. I just want to thank everybody I've ever met in my entire life. . . . If anyone has a dream out there, please know that I'm living proof that they do come true."

Kim Basinger

Winner, best supporting actress

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"My friend--director of 'Titanic,' James Cameron--and I made three movies together: 'Terminator,' 'Terminator 2' and 'True Lies.' That was, of course, during his early, low-budget, art-house period."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Introducing a "Titanic" clip

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"This may be the one time I'm speechless. . . . Thank you, Ben and Matt. I still want to see some ID. . . . Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who, when I said, 'I want to be an actor,' he said, 'Wonderful, just have a backup profession, like welding.' "

"The first time I saw 'Mrs. Brown'--I saw it three times--the first time I saw it I leaned over to my beloved and said, 'She [Judi Dench] is going to win an Academy Award.' And in my mind, tonight, she has."

Helen Hunt

Who still got to take home

the best actress Oscar

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"When filming starts, you show up and stay the hell out of the way. But you've got to show up, otherwise you can't take the credit and get one of these fellas."